Tom Faranda's Folly

I just found this very funny as BT Sports in the United Kingdom explains baseball. The two games are melded into one video. Yanks still win both.

Very interesting article in The Atlantic. Push ups compared to other metrics like body mass index (BMI) treadmill results, etc.  At the end I've put a link to the actual push up study. The Power of One Push-Up Several simple ways of measuring a person’s health might matter more than body weight. Still, the profession … Read more

UPDATE: See video below of the Pope’s remarks So do I. At least one of the Democrat Presidential Candidates – Representative Ryan of Ohio – denounced it Sunday morning on one of the news shows. Pope Francis today, June 30, welcomed news of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un and hailed … Read more

Good. Bannon is a sleazeball. Excerpt below but hit the link. U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon. In a letter posted on his Twitter feed, Cardinal Burke said June 25 he had urged the … Read more

Good. An interesting point – the Cross was originally built on private property n 1925, and the state took over the property in 1961. Writing for the 7–2 majority, Justice Samuel Alito held that the cross did not violate the Constitution’s establishment clause, as was alleged by the plaintiffs, a group of humanists who argued … Read more

The Mass was mostly for workers and staff. This is from the Guardian (UK).

All the sisters, and a brother. What a nice tale.

Good. Would have been VERY bad if they hadn't. Despite a concerted effort by euthanasia advocates, the American Medical Association has voted to retain its long-standing opposition to assisted suicide. The AMA affirmed CEJA 2, the report which recommended that the AMA retain its opposition to assisted suicide. The vote was 65-35, a huge margin … Read more

This is so powerful. Pretty much just leaving the link – if you are interested, takes 15-20 minutes to read. "Photograph of American troops approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, on D-Day." First Wave at Omaha Beach An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day … Read more

The classic about the 24 hours of D-Day, June 6th, 1944. A great narrative. Of course it was made into a justly famous movie. But the book is so worth reading. The title comes from something the German General Erwin Rommel said to his staff months before the invasion; that the day of the invasion … Read more